Erlanger, KY: how dark is the sky here?

Erlanger reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 68.7% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Erlanger.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

Where to go for a darker sky near Erlanger

Covington, KY, about 4 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Erlanger. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Covington, KY is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

How Erlanger compares nationally

Erlanger, KY counts roughly 20,172 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Erlanger places 2,191 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.